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March 7, 2010
The EW Cover article
I must have heard from three separate people about the Entertainment Weekly article about misleading book covers. Apparently journalist Kate Ward wrote about covers for some of the books about plus-size characters that feature models who are nowhere near that size.
Um, this is startling news to people? I wish Ms. Ward had talked to me. Those of us who read these books know the cover models never resemble the actual characters. Marketing people evidently think we won't buy books if the cove...
Um, this is startling news to people? I wish Ms. Ward had talked to me. Those of us who read these books know the cover models never resemble the actual characters. Marketing people evidently think we won't buy books if the cove...
March 5, 2010
How This Crummy Economy Has Affected My Driving
...and other ways I try to save money.
I'm a responsible person, always have been. The kind who never pays late fees on video rentals or library fees on books; in fact, most of my adult life has been pretty much fee-free. But now that I have very few pennies coming in and I have to watch every single one of them extremely closely, I have become super-duper cautious about most things that could require me to fork out some cash.
1. Such as driving. Do you know how much a red-light camera ticke...
I'm a responsible person, always have been. The kind who never pays late fees on video rentals or library fees on books; in fact, most of my adult life has been pretty much fee-free. But now that I have very few pennies coming in and I have to watch every single one of them extremely closely, I have become super-duper cautious about most things that could require me to fork out some cash.
1. Such as driving. Do you know how much a red-light camera ticke...
March 2, 2010
My guest blog and a chance to win some stuff!
Hi everyone! Here's the post I wrote about celebrations, how it's important to celebrate all our milestones and not merely the "big ones, at Everything To Do With Books:
Celebrations!
And if you comment on your favorite holiday, you can win books, swag, etc.! All month long, Rebecca and Scarlett will be giving away lots of goodies so be sure to keep reading there.
Cheers and happy blogoversary!
Celebrations!
And if you comment on your favorite holiday, you can win books, swag, etc.! All month long, Rebecca and Scarlett will be giving away lots of goodies so be sure to keep reading there.
Cheers and happy blogoversary!
March 1, 2010
Celebrating book blogging!
It's a Book Blog Extravaganza over at Everything to Do With Books!
The lovely and talented YA bloggers, Scarlett and Rebecca, are celebrating their blogoversary during the month of March, giving away books and swag and offering all kinds of cool guest blogs - including one from me! Look for it there on Wednesday, March 3rd.
I love to celebrate milestones such as anniversaries and birthdays, especially when it comes to stuff on the web. How often do you see people or companies announce a huge ...
The lovely and talented YA bloggers, Scarlett and Rebecca, are celebrating their blogoversary during the month of March, giving away books and swag and offering all kinds of cool guest blogs - including one from me! Look for it there on Wednesday, March 3rd.
I love to celebrate milestones such as anniversaries and birthdays, especially when it comes to stuff on the web. How often do you see people or companies announce a huge ...
February 26, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
If I were a famous author...
One of the coolest and simultaneously depressing aspects of the web is the ability to connect - or seemingly so - with well-known people. I, for instance, am Facebook "friends" with some amazing YA authors who've sold thousands and thousands of books. Sarah Dessen, John Green, Megan McCafferty, and Maureen Johnson, just to name a few. They post links sometimes, or comment on their breakfast, posts which get retweeted hundreds of times and a thousand people "liki...
One of the coolest and simultaneously depressing aspects of the web is the ability to connect - or seemingly so - with well-known people. I, for instance, am Facebook "friends" with some amazing YA authors who've sold thousands and thousands of books. Sarah Dessen, John Green, Megan McCafferty, and Maureen Johnson, just to name a few. They post links sometimes, or comment on their breakfast, posts which get retweeted hundreds of times and a thousand people "liki...
February 23, 2010
Underrated movie to rent: World's Greatest Dad
Okay, 80s comedy club fans: who remembers Bobcat Goldthwait? The funny looking guy with the funny sounding voice? Well, he's a director now, apparently he's been behind the camera for episodes of some live television as well as having directed a few of his own small features. His latest film was released on video-on-demand and then had a limited theatrical run in August 2009.
"World's Greatest Dad," which he wrote and directed, is available on Netflix instant play (my very favorite and a gr...
"World's Greatest Dad," which he wrote and directed, is available on Netflix instant play (my very favorite and a gr...
February 19, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
My favorite winter Olympic sporting events...
...so far.
1. Men's short track speed skating - I thought I'd be rooting for Apolo Ohno but now I'm a JR Celski fan, the 19 year old who seems to be following in Ohno's steps (or skates). And I totally dug the relay. It looked so complex with all those people on the ice - how could they tell who was up next?
2. Women's snowboarding half-pipe - I love these girls! Sure a lot of them wiped out last night but that was because they were kicking butt...
...so far.
1. Men's short track speed skating - I thought I'd be rooting for Apolo Ohno but now I'm a JR Celski fan, the 19 year old who seems to be following in Ohno's steps (or skates). And I totally dug the relay. It looked so complex with all those people on the ice - how could they tell who was up next?2. Women's snowboarding half-pipe - I love these girls! Sure a lot of them wiped out last night but that was because they were kicking butt...
February 17, 2010
Cut off from the web = Cut off from the world
My internet was gone for most of the past day or so. The withdrawal symptoms went away after about an hour, once I realized it wasn't coming back for a while. I resigned myself to not knowing what Sigalerts there might be for my drive to Pasadena. I acknowledged I wouldn't be able to access my email until the next day. I accepted that I couldn't obsessively watch my Amazon, YouTube, Scribd, Goodreads, Homestead, Shelfari and LibraryThing numbers.
And I felt good about it. I was almost reli...
And I felt good about it. I was almost reli...
February 12, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
Things I Would Buy Used
The economy is a shambles. We all have to watch our pennies and make do with what we have for longer but there are certain things you just have to buy:
1. Books - of course! I love used bookstores - you never know what gem you'll find hidden under a pile of old Highlights magazines.
2. DVDs - these things are so cheap to make, I find it hard to spend more than 10 bucks for a movie I really want.
3. T-shirts - you gotta be careful with other people's clothes, even the "vi...
The economy is a shambles. We all have to watch our pennies and make do with what we have for longer but there are certain things you just have to buy:
1. Books - of course! I love used bookstores - you never know what gem you'll find hidden under a pile of old Highlights magazines.
2. DVDs - these things are so cheap to make, I find it hard to spend more than 10 bucks for a movie I really want.
3. T-shirts - you gotta be careful with other people's clothes, even the "vi...
February 9, 2010
How can it be February already?
This is insane. Are we really 10 days into February? How did this happen? I swear it was Christmas a few days ago and I was planning for the new year.
February, the shortest month of the year, used to be my favorite when I was in school. After all, it had 2 holidays - Lincoln's birthday and Washington's birthday, now grouped into one Presidents Day - sorry kids! That was one good thing from the olden days.
It also had Valentine's Day which was also lots of fun. We used to send carnations ...
February, the shortest month of the year, used to be my favorite when I was in school. After all, it had 2 holidays - Lincoln's birthday and Washington's birthday, now grouped into one Presidents Day - sorry kids! That was one good thing from the olden days.
It also had Valentine's Day which was also lots of fun. We used to send carnations ...
